You Are Studying a Cross-Sectional Tissue Slice of a Nerve

question 76

Multiple Choice

You are studying a cross-sectional tissue slice of a nerve using a transmission electron microscope.  You find an area where there appears to be a small amount of cytoplasm surrounded by about 100 layers of stacked cell membranes.You conclude that you have found

• A)a neuron cell body.
• B)a synapse.
• C)an unmyelinated axon.
• D)a myelinated axon.

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